Morocco’s Tourism Revenue Surges 202%, Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

These revenues have continued the upward trend that began since the borders reopened, according to the Directorate of Studies and Financial Forecasts (DEPF) in its November 2021 economic note, specifying that by the end of September, these revenues recorded an improvement, year-on-year, of 158.4%, after +289.7% in August, +144.2% in July and +15.2% in June.

However, they remain down 40.2% compared to the same period in 2019, the note points out.

As for overnight stays and tourist arrivals, they reached 2.9 and 1.63 million respectively in July and August, after 1.08 and 1.58 million in the same period of 2020 and 5.52 and 3.87 million in 2019.

At the end of last August, the number of arrivals increased by 16.2% to 2.1 million, while the number of overnight stays recorded a slight decrease of 0.5% to 5.6 million.